May 6, 2007
One new CD spotlights Hawiian guitar virtuoso Sol Hoopii in the 1930s; another collects Nashville music from independent labels in the 1940s. Dick's favorite hillbilly harmonicat Slim Martin is featured, and so is Fats Domino's cover of a Jimmie Rodgers classic. Obsolete Music was never better!
| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Monroe | Go Hither to Go Yonder (sic) | Bear Family BCD 16637 |
| Stanley Brothers | So Blue | Bear Family BCD 15681 |
| Minnie Pearl | Jealous Hearted Me* | |
| Fairfield Four | Standing In the Safety Zone* | |
| Leon Payne | Lost Highway* | |
| Francis Craig Orchestra | Near You* | |
| Sol Hoopii | I Like You | Origin Jazz library OJL-3000 |
| Sol Hoopii | An Orange Grove in California | Origin Jazz library OJL-3000 |
| Sol Hoopii | Drifting and Dreaming | Origin Jazz library OJL-3000 |
| Sol Hoopii | (Hapa Haole) Hula Girl | Origin Jazz library OJL-3000 |
| Brown's Ferry Four | Naturalized for Heaven | King 3506-2-2 |
| Louvin Brothers | What Would You Give In Exchange for Your Soul | Bear Family BCD 15561 |
| Memphis Jug Band | Gator Wobble | Frog DGF 62 |
| Billy Jack Wills | Twin Guitar Special | Joaquin JR 2503 |
| Bob Wills | Lum and Abner Special (San Antonio Rose) | Rhino R2 71472 |
| Fort Worth Doughboys | Nancy Jane | Origin Jazz Libary TXRCD 1 |
| Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom | How Can You Have the Blues? | Yazoo 1041 |
| Fats Domino | Helping Hand | Bear Family BCD 15541 |
| Jimmie Rodgers | Let Me Be Your Side Track | Bear Family BCD 15540 |
| Molly O'day | The Evening Train | Bear Family BCD 15565 |
| Washington Phillips | Paul and Silas in Jail | Yazoo 2073 |
| Blue Sky Boys | Drop Your Nets | Bear Family BCD 15951 |
| Flatt & Scruggs | That Home Above | Rebel CD-2003 |
*Asterisked titles from a CD accompanying the book A Shot In the Dark, by Martin Hawkins (Country Music Foundation Press/Vanderbilt University Press, 2006).
These are from out of print sources:
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
| Charlie Monroe | So Blue |
| Ashley's Melody Men | I Never Felt So Blue |
| “Ma” Rainey | Jealous Hearted Blues |
| Piano Red | It Makes No Difference Now |
| Charlie Monroe | Bringing In the Georgia Mail |
| Clifford Gibson | Old Time Rider |
| Bailey Brothers | John Henry |
| Bailey Brothers | I Will Never Marry (sic) |
| Red Allen | Paul and Silas |
